Awning fixture



April 7, 1931. w. c. As'rRuP 1,799,668

AWNING FIXTURE.

Fired Feb. 11. 1930 sheets-sheet 1 April 7, 1931'. w. c. ASTRUP MININGFIXTURE Filed Feb. 11, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A, Ill Nm.

.1, waarna c. serein?, v.or CLEVELAND, caio', Assieme. To :me ASTM?Gentenaar.

Patented pr. 7, 1931 Lua-66a UNITED STATES PATENT cLEvELeND, omo, Acorroaarrel .or 9.13.19

,AWNING FIXTURE Application lged February 11, 1980. Serial No. 427,538.

- The invention. relates y to awnings, and.

more particularly to means torsupporting the'rollers of awnings utilizedfor protecting or 'shading .store fronts.

The present types 4of awnings usually have their rollers journaled atone end ina simple bearing'iorming'part of va fixture having a bracketor 'base plate which is attached either toan upright member or to a topcrossbar member of a store :front Window frame.; and at the other end ina combination bearing and gear box fixture having a bracket or baseplate also attached .either vto an uprightmemer or toa topcross :barmember of a store front window'frame.

T However, diiculties are .encountered in erecting an awnin for a storefront next adjacent to .an exlsting Vawning protected store front, inorder to accomplish maximum coverage ofthe new storefront; because theexietingadjacent bearing fixture` or `gear box fixture, as the case vmaybe, of the present t pes Vinterfere with the proper placement .of efixtures for .the awning roller beingerect.-v ed'whenisuch fixturesarealso of the present ty'ss. L L y. Y

y weaver, great diculties are encoun1 tere'd in erectin newl fawnin swhen it hap.- pens that an a jacent existlng awning has its adjacentfixture mounted on a dividing window frame upright member, which uprightmember'lias a'widthLequal'to or sli hty-figreater thanv the width of'the gear'. ox xture, becausetthe existin fixture occupies the' onlyspace @that couldie utilized bythe new digitare. Under such'.circumstances a special type of'ixture is required which must beattachedtoa window fra-me top cross 'bar member as distinguished fromthe upright member. l lAccordingly, one of thevobjects of the pres entYinvention "is to provide an awning roller fix-ture the base plate ofwhich may be attalgied either .to an upright member or atop cross' barmember of a-store front window frame as to accomplish maximum coverageofthe store front. y vaAnotherobject of the invention is to provide-anadjustable fixture wh'ichmayl at'-y tacheddneither-of two positionstola'wjndow frame .crossbar member, or in either ot two osltions to awindow 'trame upright memer. y A

And inally, an object of the present in.- vention is to provide a safe,economical, and practical awning roller lixture.

These and other .objects are attained by the presentl invention, as is'hereinafter claimed, andwhi'ch may be statedin general terms asincluding an` awning ixturebcaring member, a base plate therefor, andmeans for .connecting and supporting lthebearing member on the baseplate in any one of a plurality of fixed predetermined positions.

A preferred embodiment of the `invention= is shown in the accompanyingdrawings fin.

Y. Figure l is a front 'elevation of; the im.-

proved awning rollerfxture, showingxthe l base plate thereof in fulllines in the.:i1s'ual position and in dot-dash lines in three otherfixed predetermined adjusted positions; i

Fig. '2 is a rear elevation of the improved support showing the bearingmember .and base plate connecting `and supporting means', and showingthe base plate attaching screws 1n section; i Fig. 3 is averticalsection through lthe im.- proved xture, taken as on the linec-, Fig. 2;p A I. Fig. 4 is la fragmentary sectionxof a portion of the supporti-ngmeans .taken as on thefline atea,'Fig'.'2gV f a Fig. 5v is .a frontelevation ".of'an awning to which an embodiment Iof the invention 'hasbeenV applied, certain; partsbeing' broken away;and1 v Figs. 6, 7,8, 9and l0 Vare perspective views of the improved fixturey showing .certainof the parts thereof in expanded position. 'e

Similar numerals of reference' indicate similar parts throughout theseveraligures ofthe drawings.Vv r 1' i. y1 .l

. The invention is shown as applied to a' com.; bination bearingand-gear boxV type of fix.- ture generally 4indicated at 11, which. iscom` nected to andnsup'port'edon the fixture -base plate v1i?, ;f andthe gear box mayv preferably include upper and lower bearing member-s 13and 14, in 'which .'are'jou'rnaled the .worm

15 having a preferably vertical axis, and the worm wheel 16 meshing withthe worm 15 and having a preferably horizontal axis. The upper and lowerbearing members 13 and 14 are preferably connected together by nuts,bolts and lock washers 17 and 18.

The worm wheel W16 may have formed` therein a squared axial opening 19for receiving the squared end 2O ofthe awning roller attaching member21. A gudgeon 22`is preferably attached to the member 21 and the awningroller 23 is preferably supported at one end on the gudgeon 22."

As shown in Fig. 5, the awning roller 23 is supported at its other endon a gudgeon 22 which is secured to an attaching member 21 journaled ina simple bearing fixture 11a. An awning covering 24 is rolled on theroller 23 and has a' U-shaped frame 25 fastened at one edge thereof,which frame is preferably hin ed in bearings 26.

ne end 27 of the integral worm shaft preferably projects through thellower bear-V ing member 14 andhas attached thereto a hook 28 held inplace by the set screw 29. A hook similar to the hook 28 may be providedat one end of a portable winding shaft (not shown), which may be engagedwith the hook 28 for rotating the worm 15, the worm wheel land connectedroller 23, for raising or lowering the awning covering 24.

The parts thus far described are standard awning parts and form no partYof my invention, excepting as hereinafter set forth, and have beenillustrated and described in order that the invention may be thoroughlyunderstood. The. invention pertains to the adjustable base plate 1.2 forthe awning fixture and to the manner in which the awning fixture 11 isadjustablylconnected and supported on the base plate 12.

The lower bearing member 14 is preferably provided with a rear ,wall 30which has a ver-- tically extending rearwardly projecting rib 31 fromthe outer end of which integrally extends a horizontal cross rib 32spaced from the rear face of the rear wall 30.

The base plate 12 is preferably forwardly paneled at33 and the paneledface or portion 34 projects in parallel `oset relation to the base.plate and is provided ywith a cross-shaped opening 35 best shown inFigs. 2 and 7. The angled ribs 31 and 32 are inserted through thecross-shaped opening 35 and. are then moved downwardly to the positionlshown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 for supporting the fixture 11 on the baseplate 12.

In this position the front face of the rib 32 engages the rear face ofthe paneled portion 34while the rear faceof the rear wall 30 engagesVthe front faceof the paneled portion 34, and the vertical rib 31extends through the vertical portion ofthe cross-shaped slot A The rearwall 30 is provided vwith a notch l36 preferably in vertical alignmentwith the k41, a nutl 42, and upper part of the vertical portion lof thecross-shapedopening 35`cooperateV withthe boltfor connecting the'fixture11 on the base plate 12, in supported position.

Because the opening 35 is cross-shaped, as wellshown in Figs. 2 and 7the ribs 31 and 32 of the fixture 11 may be inserted through the openinglin any one of four fixed .predetermined positions spaced ninetydegrees' apart so that the ,base plate will assume any one of the fourpositions shown either vin full or in dot-dash lines in Fig. 1.

. Thus ythe iixturemay be attached to :any upright or cross bar vwindowframe member 43 by screws 44 without the necessity of pro. viding aspecial type of fixture when it may be neces-sary to position thefixture base plate in any. of the positions shownin Fig. 1 be-.

cause of particular circumstancesof each individual awning.installation.

It can be readily understood that the fixture to which the presentinvention is applied need not necessarily include a worm and worm`wheel, but a simple bearing member may be provided with ribs such as 31and 32 which may cooperate witha base plate 9y as shown in Fig. 7 forbeing l-supported and connected theretoin .any one off four positions. yi f Y v It is pointed out'that ifrfor any reason the nut 42 shouldbecome unloosened or detached from the bolt 37, the xture member 11 willstill remain supported by the base plate 12 against downward or.sidewa-rd movement by the action of theribs 31 and'32 cooperating withthe cross-shaped slot 35 and base plate wall34. f "1 1. An awningfixture member, a' base plate member for the xture member, and mean-sfor supporting one of the members on the other memberincluding a wall;on one of the members, there being a cross-shaped opening formed in thewall, and `crossed ribs on the other member insertible through theopening andy cooperating with the wall. 1

2. An awning fixture including ya casing having a rear wall, a baseplate for the fixture having a wall provided witha cross-shaped opening,and crossed ribs extendingy rearwardly from the rear wall insertiblelthrough the opening cooperating with the base plate wall for Vsupportingthe fixture on the base plata Y e v.

3. An awningfixture including ,2a casing havinga rear wall,-a base platefor the fixture havinga forwardly pganeled wall, there being across-shaped openin eled wall, a vertical rig extendin rearwardly fromthe rear Wall, a horizonta rib extending rearwardly from the verticalrib spaced from the rear wall, said ribs being insertible through thecross-shaped opening for engaging the rear face of the paneled wall forsupporting the casing on the base plate, there eing a notch in the rearwall in vertical alignment with the vertical rib, and means extendingthrough the notch and opening for connecting the casing and base platetogether.

4. An awning fixtureV including a base plate member having a baseportion adapted to be secured to a window frame member in any one of aplurality of fixed predetermined positions, a fixture member, the baseplate member having a xture member attaching portion extendin inparallel relation with the base portion t ereof,y and means for slidablyattaching the fixture member to the base member attaching portion in onepredetermined position regardless of the fixed prelleitermined positionof the base plate mem- In testimony that I claim` the above, IV

have hereunto subscribed my name.

WALTER C. ASTRUP.

in the forwardly pan-

